Lithuania suggests to throw away Chinese phones

[gummy]

Due to an apparent concern regarding security this country suggests binning these Chinese phones

Lithuania urges people to throw away Chinese phones - BBC News

[Convert54]

I have read about this elsewhere. More than anything based on reality it has been interpreted as a sop to the US in a bid to entice various forms of "aid" over concerns ,real or otherwise, of Russian "threats".

 

 

[gummy]

1 minute ago, Convert54 said:

I have read about this elsewhere. More than anything based on reality it has been interpreted as a sop to the US in a bid to entice various forms of "aid" over concerns ,real or otherwise, of Russian "threats".

Well as Apple phones are also produced there perhaps they should be binned also

[Poolie]

Not Lithuania!!

While I was typing that (and I'm no speed merchant) China sold more phones than the population of Lithuania in numbers. BBC are getting desperate.

[Ynwaps]

2 minutes ago, Poolie said:

Not Lithuania!!

While I was typing that (and I'm no speed merchant) China sold more phones than the population of Lithuania in numbers. BBC are getting desperate.

At least the china malware is easy to spot vs the 0 day backdoors our friends from the NSA are building :/

[gummy]

1 minute ago, Ynwaps said:

At least the china malware is easy to spot vs the 0 day backdoors our friends from the NSA are building :/

Forgive my ignorance but what or whom are the NSA ?

[Convert54]

5 minutes ago, gummy said:

Well as Apple phones are also produced there perhaps they should be binned also

 

1 minute ago, Ynwaps said:

At least the china malware is easy to spot vs the 0 day backdoors our friends from the NSA are building :/

It is the  Huawei connection.

[gummy]

1 minute ago, Convert54 said:

It is the  Huawei connection.

What connection ?

[Bob20]

The US has considered keeping Xiaomi on their blacklist, but hasn't done so as no proof was found of backdoors etc.

Xiaomi has it's own design, but different firmware for China vs Global and complies with the EU and US privacy laws.

It's produced by Foxconn, same as Apple, but that doesn't say anything about how they are programmed to work.

And besides, all phone companies and governments can access everything in the phone, if only for the Pegasus software...

[Lowseasonlover]

21 minutes ago, gummy said:

Forgive my ignorance but what or whom are the NSA ?

National Security Agency, maybe

[Dooleygank]

These anti china articles would cover google censorship if they were honest in any way. People and certian subjects have been censored in many countries including here in LOS.

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China isn't censoring my Xiaomi, and if they are monitoring it I am sure they are getting some enjoyment from it.

Edited September 23, 2021 by Andrew Reeve
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[Convert54]

27 minutes ago, gummy said:

What connection ?

Huawei telecoms etc as the subject of US rejection as has been promoted in opposition to their 5G systems and the ongoing attempts to get Canada to extradite the Huawei CFO for charges of Banking fraud plus the accusations Huawei technology presents a security risk in any country that uses it. That and issues with Xiaomi mobiles.

Huawei  and Xiaomi mobiles are/have been the biggest sellers in Lithuania apparently. It has been suggested that the Lithuanian Government is attempting to gain favor with the US and so deter Russian interest.

There is an ongoing diplomatic row as part of the overall issue.

 

 

[Rain]

Beware of The Yellow Peril and associations.

They're everywhere.

[Fester]

22 hours ago, gummy said:

Due to an apparent concern regarding security this country suggests binning these Chinese phones

Lithuania urges people to throw away Chinese phones - BBC News

I want to throw mine away too, because it's crap.

[Bob20]

9 hours ago, Fester said:

I want to throw mine away too, because it's crap.

Nobody is stopping you

[gummy]

Looks like the US and China have kissed and made up so guess Lithuania can keep their Chinese phones now 

Huawei's Meng Wanzhou flies back to China after deal with US - BBC News

[Bob20]

I doubt Huawei will be sold or used in the US again anytime soon as long as they use spying methods in 5G infrastructure products. Then there's the small matter of having lost their license to use Google on their phones...

Never been a fan of Huawei, but do like Xiaomi with IOT.

 

[Fester]

3 hours ago, Bob20 said:

I doubt Huawei will be sold or used in the US again anytime soon as long as they use spying methods in 5G infrastructure products. Then there's the small matter of having lost their license to use Google on their phones...

Never been a fan of Huawei, but do like Xiaomi with IOT.

Nobody is stopping you.

[Bob20]

2 minutes ago, Fester said:

Nobody is stopping you.

I know. And this message comes from one...